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[Machine] Lahu al-Ahnaf bin Qays: "It has been forty years since I mentioned her to anyone."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣٠٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ قَالَ شَكَا ابْنُ أَخٍ لِلْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ إِلَى الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ وَجَعَ ضِرْسِهِ فَقَالَ

لَهُ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ «لَقَدْ ذَهَبَتْ عَنِّي مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً مَا ذَكَرْتُهَا لِأَحَدٍ»